238 Quotes About Rebel

When I use the word rebel for the artist, I do not refer to revolutionary or to such things as taking over the dean’s office; that is a different matter. Artists are generally soft-spoken persons who are concerned with their inner visions and images. But that is precisely what makes them feared by any coercive society. For they are the bearers of the human being’s age-old capacity to be insurgent.

You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.

A joyful rebellion is you living differently not because you're mad at how things are but because you are swelling with joy at the thought of how things could be. When you joyfully rebel against your circumstances, against mediocrity or negativity, you invite others into something really beautiful.

Pseudo-artists think that being an artist means opposing whatever seems to be an establishment. That is not creative at all. True creativity is the ability to gain perspective wherever you may have missed it before.

I will admit that we as young rebels always wanted fundamentalists to understand our take on their religion, but rarely, if ever, the other way around. The fundamentalists are the real artists. If you saw only a masterpiece of an original painting and someone threw a splash of red across it saying that their version is better, you would be offended too.

Only those who actually know the rules may break them.

The time has come, to stand up and to defy.Its our life, our choices, how long can they deny?The time has come, not to believe in every lie.Not to follow every rule, without asking why.The time has come, not to ignore as others cry.Or soon, very soon, it will be our turn to die.The time has come, not to turn a blind eye. Because once lost, freedom is hard to come by.

Never cared for what they sayNever cared for games they playNever cared for what they doNever cared for what they know

All great men have been rebels. All great men were free. It is the only formula for greatness. To be stuck in the state of adolescence.